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.EADER

UNIVERSITY
OF PITTSBURGH

UNIVERSITY

PITTSBURGH

PE1117

1853
v.l

LIBRARY

READING AND SPELLING COURSE.

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McGUFFEY'S ECLECTIC PRIMER,

McGUFFEY'S ECLECTIC SPELLING BOOK,

McGUFFEY'S ECLECTIC FIRST READER,

McGUFFEY'S ECLECTIC SECOND READER,

McGUFFEY'S ECLECTIC THIRD READER,

McGUFFEY'S ECLECTIC FOURTH READER,

McGUFFEY'S ECLECTIC FIFTH READER, (Rhetor-
$ ical Guide.)

| THE HEMANS YOUNG LADIES' READER, for Fe- j
male Schools, compiled expressly for the Eclectic Educational
Series. By Da. T. S. Pinneo. 480 pages, 12mo.

The best evidence of the merits of these Readers, is
their unparalleled sale ; which vastly exceeds that of any j!
other similar Series ever published in the United States.
And the sale is still rapidly increasing. In many places, jl
where intelligent teachers have, for a time, introduced ;
other Reading Books, they have soon returned to the use j
of McGuffey's Readers; convinced that in general merits,
they are unequaled by any other similar works.

JJST'See " Caution to Purchasers," on the back Cover
of this volume.

(1)

James Bland and his Bird.— !?ee page 42.

Albert and his dog.— See page 68.

ECLECTIC EDUCATIONAL SERIES.

MCGUFFEY!S

NEWLY REVISED

i ECLECTIC FIRST READER:

C O N T A I N I X O

\ PROGRESSIVE LESSONS

I N

READING AND SPELLING.

l&cbfse'D antJ Em probed.

By Wm H MCGUFFEY, L.L.I).

BEVISKD STEREOTYPE EDITION.

PUBLISHERS:

WINTHROP B. SMITH & CO., CINCINNATI.

No. 137 Walnut Street.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year Eighteen t
Ilundred and Fifty-Three, by Winthrop B. Smith, in the Clerk's j
Office of the District Court of the United States, for the District '
of Ohio. [

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TO TEACHERS

This little book is offered to the public, in the hope t
| that it may prove a valuable auxiliary to thoee engaged j
| in the instruction of children. I

! Great pains have been taken to select Lessons in which Ij
the language is simple, and the subjects interesting j
J and natural to childhood; as we have learned, from
actual experience, that a child's progress is more rapid
■when the subjects are agreeable, and he can understand
the terms in -which they are conveyed.

The Lessons are short, and many of them composed of
word9 of one and two syllables. Much care has been !j
taken to render them as progressive as possible, so that !;
the child may not meet with many expressions which !j
are strange to his ear, and none that are above his
comprehension.

The Spelling Lessons are composed of words derived
from the Reading Lessons. Some of the words are re-
peated in the spelling list of the different lessons, and
the more difficult ones, as often as they can be found. \
This is particularly necessary in a work of this juvenile I
character, where the Spelling Exercise is taken from the j

f5)

j Ti TO TEACHERS.

t Reading Lesson. In a Spelling Book this would not

t only be unnecessary, but "would be an entire waste of the

| space occupied. There, each lesson is independent, and
can be studied as often as may be desired; but in a
Reading Book the spelling exercise is derived from the

i reading matter, and must include the words there found ;

> so that some repetition, especially of the more difficult

J 'words, becomes necessary and desirable.

$ J^^The book is now presented, thoroughly remodeled,

| greatly improved, and printed on new stereotype plates.

\ The cuts, many of which are from original designs, have

I been engraved for the First Reader by one of the best

* artists in the country.

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MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER.

can has

her two

see you

boy how

LESSON I

the read

that keep

with
girls

Jane
they

John
book
hand
must

name
there
clean
learn

j Do you see that boy ?

There are two girls with him.
j The name of the boy is John.

Jane has a book in her hand.
j They can all read from the book.

They must keep the book clean.
j They must see how fast they can learn.

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MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER

let

hit

I his

LESSON II

•

bat

are

kite

fine

boys

run

and

will

bite

John

top

him

ball

play

hand

dog

now

balls

here

James

The boys play with balls.
John has a bat in his hand.
I can hit the ball.

James has a fine dog

gL See him run and play.

The dog will not bite.

Here are my top and kite.
And here is my ball.
Now let us go and play.

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9 I

on
do
up

the

LESSON III.

see
her
bag
box

you
was
who
with

girl
glad
cart
shut

Jane
back
found
lit-tle

Here is lit-tle John.
Jane is with John.

John has a baa: on his back.

Do you see this lit-tle cart ?
Who is in the cart ?

It is a lit-tle girl.

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Mimui

Jane has found her cat.
It was shut up in a box.
The cat is glad to see Jane, jl

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i L E S S ON I V .

j as boy talk hand bird

! no run hear some birds I

j hat fast they have bark

one this play dogs barks

This boy has a bird.
The bird is on his hand.
Some birds can talk.

The dog barks.

Do you hear the dog bark ?

Boys play with dogs.

The bovs run fast.

They run as fast as they can.

One of the boys has no hat.

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LESSON V.

it get her eat milk

is not hen eats boys

us dog you hurt must

the corn cow pond small

picks
gives
chicks
lit-tle

Here is a small clog.

He has the hoy's hat.
The boys can not get it.

This cow is in the pond.
The cow gives us milk.
You must not hurt the cow. \

The hen eats corn.

The hen picks up the corn.

The lit-tle chicks eat corn, i

MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER

LESSON VI.

\ fly
I lie
\ off

try

rat
pat
pot
fox
eat

air

tea

sun

rug

rim

wet
gay
bee
use
hay

men
may

way
sees
mew

says

eggs

hens

sting

them

The fly says, I fly in the
air, if the sun is hot. If
I see a boy at tea, I sit on
the rim of the cup, and sip
his tea. If he sees me, he
may try to pat me, if he wish ; but I fly
on, and go up in the air; so he can not
get at me. I am a gay fly.

The bee says, I fly too,
if the sun is hot, and if it
is not wet. I sip too, but I
do not get in the tea cups.
Boys do not try to pat me,
for I do not go in the way, and boys
can see I am of use; but if they hurt
me, Twill stiiis them.

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The cat says, I do not
sip; I lap. I can get a rat,
and I can get you, Mr.
Fly, if you do not go too
far up in the air. I can
run, can mew, and can lie in the sun ;
I or if it is not hot. I lie on the run:, or

on my bed of hay.

The rat says, I eat all I
can get. The cat may try
to get me, if she wish; but
I can run out of her way.

The hen says, I can fly,
but not as far as the tom-
tit can. I lay e^, and so
am of use to man; but the
fox may get me, and so

The fox says, I am sly,
and try to eat all the old
hens ; but the dogs and
men hear me, and try to
take ine ; yet lam so sly, it is
odd if the dogs and men can take me at all.

may the rats.

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MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER

got
doff

her
she
you
will

LESSON VII.

tail love pull

hair give call

wall puss teeth

then milk sharp

claws
catch
barks
scratch

Do you see the cat and the dog ?
call a cat, puss.

Puss has got up on the wall. The
dog barks, but he can not catch her.

Puss has sharp claws, and sharp teeth ;
if you pull her hair or her tail, she will
scratch or bite you.

Give puss some milk, then she will
lov^fyou.

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LESSON

VIII.

his

this

bite

keep

wants

can

four

play

moon

watch

hog

cow

kind

sheep

stands

how

dark

most

chase

shines

See how this dog stands on his feet.
He wants to play with John.

A dog has four feet. A dog and a cat
can see in the dark.

Dogs keep watch at night, and hark.
They bark most when the moon shines.

A dog will chase a sheep, or a hog, or
a cow, and bite it. If you are kind to
the dog, he will not bite you.

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MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER

did
apt
den
and

tail
like
long
bear

LESSON

call
tree
cross
paws

IX.

lives
large
short
woods

strong
brown
ev-er
Bru-in

THE BEAR.

Did you ev-er see a bear ? A bear has
Ions;, brown hair, and a short tail.

The bear has large paws. He lives in j
a den in the woods.

The bear can run up a tree, like puss.
He is ver-y strong, and apt to be cross.
We call the bear, Bru-in.

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an hay

ox side

red lies

two eats

LESSON

for legs
cart plow

feet
four

down
grass

corn horns
hard draws

white

works

drinks

the ox.

black \

An ox has two horns. He has four i
legs and four feet.

The ox draws the plow and the cart. \
He is strong, and works hard for man.

An ox has red, or white, or black hair, j
He eats grass, and hay, and corn ; and \
drinks wa-ter.

He lies down on his side to sleep.

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MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER

fix

its
air
put
new

LESSON XI.

rise

kite

hold

with

come

that

stay

goes

home

bow

high

wing

make

stone

there
soars
skies
darts
turns

dives

string

square

wound

ground

THE ROYS AND THE KITE.

See the boy with his new kite. Let
me go and hold it up for him. Now *
run with the string, and then we can
j make it rise.

There, it dives in the air. It will
come down to the ground. Now it
rises and soars in the skies.

Oh, it has but one wing! it will not
fly. Put a wing on the oth-er side.

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There, that will do. Now let us see [
I if it will rise.

Oh, no ! it turns in the air, and darts
J to the ground. Let me fix a small stone
\ to the end of its tail.

Now let us see if that will do. Oh.
yes; how fast it goes up! Now the
string is all wound off.

If you will stay and hold it, I will run i
home and get some more string.

Some kites are square, and some are \
round. My kite is a bow kite.

It is called a bow kite be-cause it has j
a round top, like a bow.

Which kind of kites do you like best?
I like the bow kite.

How high the kite has gone ! It is up
| a-bove the house. It would go up more,
j if we had more string.

The kite would not fly, if I did not hold
; the strinsr. Oh. the string is bro-ken !

See, John! it has gone in-to the tree. \
I Now we must get it down as well as we
I can.

I To Teachers. — Words are repeated in the spelling lists,
< that the pupil may frequently spell them. This is the only way,
5 as every teacher is aware, of learning this branch thoroughly.

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MCQUFFEY'S FIRST READER

LESSON XII.

[ all

day

live

rain

fret

does

j too

are

lark

hear

fine

have

! out

yet

sing

cage

look

small

t far

sun

bird

dear

wish

seeds

| why

gay

1 walk

kept

room

would

WALK.

1~+ HO TUT

l- TV.

I sun is up, but it is not too hot. I hear a j
j bird.

Do you hear it sing? I can hear it,
but I can not see it. It is a lark, and it
; is far off.

It does not look as large as a bee ; and

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I yet we can hear it sins:. I wish I had a i
\ lark. Why do you wi^h for a lark ?

I wish to put it in a cage, and then I j
| can hear it sing all day.

No, my dear, it can-not live in a cage.
I If you take a lark and keep it in a cage,
I it will die.

But I will take good care of it. I a\ i 1 1
give it some seeds to eat, ana fr^sh wa-ter j
| to drink.

But, my child, it will not be free, and \
that will make it sad. j

If you were kept in a small room, you j
would not be so gay as you now are. \
You would pine and fret to get out, to
j run and play. \

Well, then, I will walk out to hear ;
I the lark sing. I do not wish to have a
lark to shut up in a cage.
Now, we have had a fine walk ; but \
| the sun is high in the air, and it is ver-y <
I hot. It is time to go home. \

Some oth-er day, when it does not \
rain, we will walk a-gain, and look at j
the pret-ty trees, and the green grass, and I
hear the birds sing.

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MCGUFFEY'^ FIRST READER

1 lllillilill
llilll

^;"!!i!;,ifli:'

LESSON

XIII.

low

soil

said

what

child

yes

join

here

wean

bring

sew

nice

caps

wash

frocks

hem

frill

done

seam

la-dy

new

turn

wipe

made

up-on

may

stool

your

pains

moth-er

THE GOOD

GIRL.

Moth-er, may I sew to-day ?

Yes, my child; what do you wish to j

sew :

I wish to hem a frill for your cap. Is
j not this a new cap ? I see it has no frill.
You may make a frill for me ; I shall

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i !;

| like to wear a frill that you have made.
I Here is a bit of cloth which will make a
nice frill. You must hem it. I will
\ turn it down for you ; but take care not
i to soil it.

Wash your hands, and take care to
j wipe them dry. Now sit down on your
low stool. Now you may go on. You
will see best here by my side.

You must join these two bits with a
| seam ; and when you have done as far
as this pin, bring it to me to look at.

Jane sat down upon her stool and
sew-ed like a lit-tle la-dy. In a short
time she said, Moth-er, I have done as
far as you told me ; will you look at it ?
Yes, my child, it is well done ; and if
\ you take pains, as you have done to-day,
you will soon sew well.

I wish to sew well, Moth-er, for then
I can help you to make caps and frocks,
j and I hope to be of some use to you.

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MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER

fit well

ate took

eat read

dry love

new dare

who sure

LESSON XIV.

rest gave three

sick some

tear good

cake folks

kept what

each work

large
piece
blind
much
mates

John

could

school

James

George

LIT-TLE HEN-RY.

Well, Hen-ry, what have you read
in your new book ?

I read of three boys who went to
school.

What does your book say a-bout the
three boys ?

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Each of them had a fine lars;e cake.
\ James ate so much that it made him
\ sick. George kept his so long that it got j
j dry, and was not fit to eat.
\ But John save some of his cake to \
i each of his school mates, and then took
j a piece him-self, and gave the rest to an j
\ old hlind man.

The old man could not see to work I
j for his food. So John gave him a share
of his cake.

How kind John was! I love kind
boys and girls.

We must be kind and good to the
| blind.

If we were blind, we should be glad
] to meet with kind folks, who would give ||
j us some thing to eat.

When I have read my book, Ann, I ij
will lend it to you, and I will read to
I Jane. I dare say it is a nice one, and I i
\ am sure you will take care of it.

Aunt says, that none but a bad girl
will tear or soil a book. How glad I '
I am to have a kind aunt and a srood book, j

AFGUFFEY'S FIRST READER

LESSON XV.

set
old
ran

gay
! one
ram

full

tale

spot

here

lamb

blow

free
coat
held

help

wind

warm

told

case

vain

bush

time

loss

long

near

field

bleat

ought

flock

round

thorns

heard

young

a-gain

THE SHEEP AND THE LAMB.

One day, an old sheep and her young
lamb were in the field with the rest of
the flock. The sun was warm, and the
lamb was quite gay, and full of play.

It ran here and there, up and down,
|| round and round ; but it ran most by

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some bush-es, as it was a warm spot, and [
the wind did not blow hard there.

At last the lamb ran in-to a bush, full
of thorns, and the thorns took hold of its
coat of wool, and held it fast, so that it
could not get a-way. j

The old sheep heard it bleat, and ran j
to it to help it; but she pull-ed the bush
in vain; she could not set her lamb free.
I At last the sheep left the bush, and ran
\ as fast as she could to an old ram with
\ horns, that was in the next field. She
j told him, in her way, the sad case of her
\ lamb.

The ram ran with her to the bush,
and with the help of his horns, he and
the old sheep set the lamb free, with the j
loss of some of its wool.

I dare say the lamb did not go near I
that bush a-gain for a long time.

I have told you this tale, that you may
learn some-thing from it. Lit-tle boys
and girls are apt to go where they ought
not, and then they get hurt. I hope you
will not for-get this tale a-bout the sheep
and the lamb.

MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER

lie
) die
j out
j day
| sea

noon

fair

cool

soft

fool

doth

give

LESSON XVI

wise fruit

come raise

grow clear

swim roots

move brook

worm praise

trees cur-tain

thick wash-es

shade sum-mer

beats up-ward

heads pleas-ant

green branch-es

THE COOL SHADE.

Come, let us go in-to the thick shade,
J for it is noon-day, and the sum-mer sun
j beats hot upon our heads.

The shade is pleas-ant and cool; the
! branch-es meet a-bove our heads, and shut
| out the sun, as with a green cur-tain.

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| J

| The grass is soft to our feet, and the \

I clear brook wash-es the roots of the I

i *

\ trees. |

| The sheep and cows can lie down to \
j sleep in the cool shade, but we can do j
I bet-ter; we can praise the great God j
who made us.

He made the warm sun, and the cool \
| shade ; the trees that grow up-ward, and I
] the brooks that run a-long. \

The plants and trees are made to give
fruit to man. \

All that live get life from God. He
made the poor man, as well as th'e rich
man. j

He made the dark man, as well as the j
j fair man. He made the fool, as wrell as
the wise man. All that i\iove on the \
land are his ; and so are ull that fly in j
the air, and all that swim in the sea.

The ox and the worm are both the j
work of his hand. IrA him they live and j
move. He it is thrtt doth give food to
j them all, and wh'jn he speaks the word,
they must all dia .

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MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER.

too
eat
buy
may
\ God

pair

suit

asi>s

neea

wool

LESSON XVII.

have girls rains

hard cents shoes

kind there house

sends thing snows

much bread which

earth

should

cheese

friends

clothes

THi" POOR OLD MAN.

Jane, there is a poor old man at the
door. \

He asks for something to eat. We
will give him some bi ead and cheese.

He is cold. Will yc 1U g*ve nim some
clothes too ? \

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I will give him a suit of old clothes,
which will be new to him.

Poor man ! I wish he had a warm
' house to live in, and kind friends to live
\ with him: then he would not have to
\ bes; from door to door.
\ We should be kind to the poor. We
may be as poor as this old man, and
I need as much as he. j

Shall I give him some cents to buy a \
I pair of shoes ? ;

j No ; you may give him a pair of shoes. \
| It is hard for the poor to have to beg j
! from house to house. \

Poor boys and girls some -times have |
j to sleep out of doors all night. When j
| it snows, they are ver-y cold, and when \
| it rains, they get quite wet. \

Who is it that gives us food to eat, and J
clothes to make us warm ?

It is God, my child ; he makes the sun j
j to shine, and sends the rain up-on the j
earth, that we may have food.

God makes the wool grow up-on the j
lit-tle lambs, that we may have clothes \
to keep us warm.

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MCGUFFEY'8 FIRST READER

i say

sits

j use

seen

i y°u

duck

J now

wall

1 way

yard

LESSON XVIII.

life stay shell

last peck their

four does there

born eggs think

lead know break

makes

young

ver-y

wa-ter

moth-er

THE DUCK.

Have you seen the duck on her nest ?
J She sits near the wall of the yard. She
\ has eggs in her nest, and she sits on them .
j to keep them warm.

And what is the use of this, do you
think? Why, to make them come to

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I life. She has been there, as you see her
now, for the last ten days.

When she has kept her eggs warm in
j this way for four wTeeks, the shell of the
e^g will break, and the old duck will
help to peek it off.

At last, out will come young live
ducks; one out of each shell. Then she
will have ten young ducks, for she has
ten eggs in her nest.

God makes her know this; and has
made her love her young so well, that
she does not mind the long time she
must stay on her nest, till they come
out of the egg-shell.

Did you ev-er see young ducks, that
had just come out from the shell ?

As soon as they are born, their j
moth-er wrill lead them to the wa-ter;
there they can swim, and they seem to j
like it ver-y much. \

The ducks must love their moth-er, j

and do all that she would have them

do. And I dare say they will do so, for

God has made them know that they j

j must. \

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MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER

LESSON XIX.

sits west pray stars sides blows

saw walk grow night sweet words

rise wind harm trees songs should

east moon light gives speak ri-ses

THE SUN IS UP. \

See, the sun is up. The sun gives us \
light. It makes the trees and the grass I
grow. *

The sun ri-ses in the east and sets in. t
the west. When the sun ri-ses, it is day. j

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When the sun sets it is nig-ht.

This lit-tle boy was up at five. He

j saw the sun rise, and heard the sweet

\ songs of birds on ev-er-y bush.

\ Do you know who made the sun ?
j J

; God made it.

| God made the moon and all the stars.
\ How good God is to us ! he gives us all
\ we have, and keeps us a-live.

We should all love God, and o-bey his
ho-ly will. God sees and knows all
things, for God is ev-er-y where.

He sees me when I rise from my bed,
| and when I go out to walk and play.
\ When I lie down to sleep at night, he
\ keeps me from harm.
\ Though I do not see the wind, yet it
\ blows round me on all sides: so God is
\ with me on all sides, and yet I see him
| not.

If God is with me, and knows all that
I do, he must hear what I say. O, let
j me not, then, speak bad words; for if I
j do, God will not love me. Lit-tle boys \
| and girls should pray to God.

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MOGUFFEY'S FIRST READER

i a

J LESSON XX.

| ill see sent look sick does

x sad you face food poor hope

s out may help cake lame mind

5 act feel glad done want jump

I nor pale milk kind come made

THE LAME MAN.

See that poor man ! He is lame, and
has no hat on.
Jane, will you give him John's old
j hat 1 Yes, that you will. You will be
| glad to help him.

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OF THE ECLECTIC SERIES 37 |

We must feel for the lame, and do all
we can to help them. Jane, you are a
kind girl, and I love you.

Poor old man ! he is sad ; he is in
want. Ah ! see how pale he is. He is
sick. Come in, poor man, come in; we j
will give you a bit of cake to eat, and
some milk, and Jane will give you a hat.

Look, now, at that sick hoy; he is not
sick for want of food. He had a cake
sent to him, and was told not to eat too [
much of it; yet he did, and that has j!
made him sick.

See how pale and sad his face is ! If

he had not done so, he need not have

| been ill. But now he is so sick that he

\ can but just walk out this fine day.

He can not run, nor jump, nor play. j
I hope you will not act like this boy, but
mind what is said, and not eat more than
is good for you, that you may not look
like him, nor feel sick, as he does.

What was the matter with the old man 1 What must we do for
those who are in trouble 1

MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER

LESSON XXI.

one

fed

day

man

saw

own

lift

first

foot

take

walk

town

then^

pain

back

came

same

home

each
once
been
pray
arms
warm

THE LAME DOG.

pit-y

al-so

dress

great

bound

ground

One day a man went to take a walk
in the town, and on his way home he
saw a lit-tle dog which had hurt his leg.

The poor dog was so lame he could
not lift his foot off the ground with-out
great pain.

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OF THE ECLECTIC SERIES. 39 J
I _ >

When this kind man saw there was >

i j no one to take pit-y on the poor dog, he j

] took him in his arms, and brought him j

home, and bound up his leg. Then he

fed him, and made a warm place, and

kept him in his house for two days.

He then sent the dog out of his house,
to his old home ; for, as it was not his
own dog, he had no right to keep him;
but each day the dog came back for this
kind man to dress his leg. And this he
| did till he was quite well.

In a few weeks the dog came back
once more, and with him came a dog
that was lame.

The dog that had been lame, and was
j now well, first gave the man a look, and
j| then he gave the lame dog a look, as
|| much as to say:

"You made my lame leg well, and
j now pray do the same for this poor dog I
that has come with me."

Then the kind man took care of this j
dog al-so, and kept him in his house till [
his leg was quite well, and he could go
home.

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MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER

LESSON

XXII.

cry

best

live

stood

chair

put

road

door

sleep

might

pay

fond

meet

pains

friend

: buy

cups

near

stone

bought

low

night

read

plates

would

few

slept

room

small

school

own

when

house

where

clothes

JAMES SMITH.

Ann Smith had but one child, and
his name was James. Ann was poor;
but she did her best to work hard, that
she might pay for her house, and buy
food and clothes.

Her house was small, and stood near
the road. There were two small rooms
in it ; one for her to sleep in, and one for
her to live in. She made a bed in the
room she had to live in, and in this bed
she put James to sleep.

In this room she had one chair, one
low stool, for James to sit on, a few cups
and plates, and some oth-er things that
she had bought. In the room where she
slept, she had her own bed, and a box
made of wood, in which she kept her
clothes.

OF THE ECLECTIC SERIES. 41

"James was so fond of her, that he
would run out to meet her, wThen she
came home at night from her work ; and
when she left him to go out to work, he
would sit on a large stone near the door
of the hut, and look at her as long as he
could see her, and then he would cry, j
and wish for her to come back to him.

James went to school ; and he took so ;
much pains that in a few months he
could read. Poor Ann Smith was glad
of this, for, at night, when she came home
from work, James would read to her in
a large book, which a kind friend had
giv-en him.

Some day I will tell you what was in |
that book, and I think you will love to
hear of it, and to read in it as James
Smith did.

When James grew up, he be-came a
good man, and was much lov-ed by
ev-er-y one. But if he had not ta-ken
pains to learn when he was a boy, this jj
| would not have been so.

| Will you relate the story of James Smith and his mother !

MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER

ha
try

fire
Ann
who
flew

LESSON

cold
rain

none
road
poor
from

kept

died

took

some

chirp

wants

XXIII.

found

James

young

would

ground

thought

cru-el

a-way

be-gan

look-ed

wick-ed

n aught- y

THE YOUNG BIRD.

James Bland found a poor young
bird on the cold ground. It was all wet,
for there had been rain that day.
*"Ha!" said he, "I will have a fine
pet, now." So James took it home. He
met his sister Ann at the door.

OF THE ECLECTIC SERIES. 43

" Here, Ann," said he, " is a young
blue-bird. I found it in the road. We
will put it in a cage and keep it." Ann
look-ed at it. "Poor thing," said she,
"it is cold ; let us take it to the fire."

So she took it, and warm-ed it. As
soon as it was dry and warm, it be-gan ij
to chirp and try to get a-way.

Ann told James that it would be cru-
el to keep the bird. " See, it wants to
go back to its nest. We should not like
to be ta-ken from home and kept in a
cage."

James thought so too ; so he took the
bird to the door. " There, go, poor bird,"
said he ; and a-way it flew.

Some boys would have kept it, and
jj per-haps it would have died. But James
was a good boy, and would not be cru-el,
e-ven to a bird.

I hope that no boy who reads this
book, will ev-er rob a bird's nest. It is
ver-y cru-el and wick-ed, and none but
j naugh t-y boys will do so.

What did James do with hia bird 1 How should we treat birds ? j

M^GUFFEY'S FIRST READER

LESSON XXIV.

ails

tears

smile

tight

sleeve

rose

pinks

frock

faults

taught

mine

pride

dwelt

books

change

sense

ought

bloom

meant

spo-ken

Grace

proud

praise

please

flow-er

GOOD SENSE AND PRIDE.

Ann had a new dress, of which she
thought much more, than a good girl
ought to have done. She was so proud
of it, that she could not think of her
hooks; and off she went to Grace, to
show her new clothes.

She found Grace where her pinks
grew, at the back of the house in which
she dwelt. Grace ran to meet Ann with
a smile, and said, "I am quite glad you
are come, for my rose-bush is in bloom,
and you shall have the best flow-er on it."

" Thank you," said Ann, as she look-ed
at her dress ; " but this sleeve hurts my
arm ; do you think it quite fits me ?"

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OF THE ECLECTIC SERIES. 45 :

"I should think not, if it hurts you,"
said Grace, " and, if you please, you can
take it off, and I will lend you one of
mine while you stay."

Grace meant this as she said it. She
did not think that Ann had spo-ken of ij
the tight sleeve, on-ly that she should :
praise the dress.

"What ails you, Ann?" said Grace,;:
"you look as though you could cry. If '■
the frock hurts you, you shall not keep
it on ; come, let us change it."

"Oh ! Grace," said Ann, as the tears
fell fast from her eyes, "it is not the
frock that hurts me, but my pride. But
1 will tell you all my faults, and will try
to he as good and as kind as you are, for
the time to come."

Ann kept her word ; and though she
found it a hard thing, at first, to give up
her love of dress, yet good sense, at last
taught her that the sure way to he
happy was to be good.

How did Ann feel about her new dress? What was it that
made her weep 1 What is the sure way to be happy ! I

all

rub

two

arm

new

now

pig
pen

tall

four

what

want

LESSON
will
pail
nose
long
maid
draw

XXV.

safe

slate

eggs

have

drawn

bought

THE NEW SLATE.

giv-en

Bet-ty

read-y

fa-ther

ci-pher

pict-ures

Here is a lit-tle boy who had a new j
slate giv-en him. It was bought for him
by his fa-ther, that he might learn to ci-
pher. One day he made some pict-ures
on his slate.

OF THE ECLECTIC SERIES. 47 *t

Look here, Charles, I have drawn a \

boy on my new slate. See what a long j

nose he has! Ah ! he has but one arm. i

Now I will draw a milk-mdd, with j

her pail.

There, I have drawn a pig, and a hen

and a duck. Why, the pig has but two j

, legs, and the duck has four. Well, I can t

jj rub out two of the duck's legs, and give j

jj them to the pig. \

There, now I will draw a man, with a j

whip in his hand. The man has come

j to put the pig in the pen.

Why, the man is not as tall as the pig.
I must rub them all out, for they are not
well done.

There, I have a boy, with a nest full
of eggs in his hand. He is a bad boy to j
take a poor bird's nest.

And here is Bet-ty, the maid ; she has
come to take me to bed. Well, if it is \\
j time, I must go. Put my slate by, that
j; I may have it safe when next I want to
draw. Thank you, Bet-ty. Well, now jj
I am read-y.

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MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER

LESSON

XXVI

eat

that

loud

their

a-fraid

felt

cage

went

great

dan-ger

fast

roar

with

chain

slow-ly

post

seen

whip

struck

walk-ed

wild

said

were

which

play-mates

show

they

cross

li-ons

el-e-phants

THE WILD

BEASTS.

James and George had been good boys
at school all the week. They had been
kind and mild to their play-mates, and
their fa-ther said he would take them to
the show.

OF THE ECLECTIC SERIES. 49 j

They saw there a great ma-ny wild ||
beasts in ca-ges, and some with a chain
round one leg, made fast to a post.

There were li-ons, and ti-gers, and
el-e-phants. The boys walk-ed round
slow-ly, look-ing at ev-er-y thing. They
felt a lit-tle a-fraid of some of the beasts,
but were much pleas-ed with most that
they saw.

The show-man went in-to the cage
with the li-on, and James and George
said they were a-fraid. But a man, who
sat near them, told them there was no
dan-ger. The show-man struck the li-
on with a whip, which made the li-on
roar ver-y loud, and look cross, but he
did not hurt the man.

James said, "I wish the man would
come out; I do not like to see him in :
the cage. That big li-on might eat him \
I up, and then I should be sor-ry." James
was a good boy, and did not like to see
any one hurt.

Aft-er they had seen the show, their
kind fa-ther took them to the book-store,
and bought each of them a new book.

MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER

LESSON

XXVII.

died

goat

work

heard

o-pen

was

gate

noise

taught

ta-ken

care

took

could

strange

Ma-ry

babe

grew

know

thought

na-med

arms

large

where

go-ing

per-son

MR. POST.

One cold night, aft-er old Mr. Post
had gone to bed, he heard a noise at the
door. So he got up, and went out.

And what do you think he found?
A dog? No. A goat? No: he found
a lit-tle babe on the steps.

OF THE ECLECTIC SERIES. 51 jj

Some bad per-son had left it there,
and if Mr. Post had not ta-ken it in-to
the house, it might have died with cold.

He held it to the fire un-til it was
warm, and then took it in his arms, and
went to bed. How kind old Mr. Post
was. He did not know what to do with
the lit-tte babe, but he could not let it die.

When Mr. Post's lit-tle friends came
to see him the next day, they thought it ;
ver-y strange to see him have a lit-tle
babe with him. He told them where
he found the babe, and they all said that
they would bring it milk, and some-times
come and help him to take care of it.

The lit-tle girl was na-med Ma-ry, and
was soon ver-y fond of Mr. Post, and
j call-ed him fa-ther. In a short time she
|| grew so large that she could run out and
o-pen the gate for her fa-ther, when he
was go-ing out.

Mr. Post taught her to read, and at
{ night, Ma-ry would read the Bi-ble to [
her fa-ther ; and when Mr. Post was so
old that he could not work, Ma-ry took
care of him.

MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER

LESSON X J VIII.

let

joy

tell

live

you

way

ij tops

still

hills

bark

hunt

noise

teach

mouse

folks

these

scent

smell

please

means

known

be-gin

nev-er

mas-ter

ap-pear

care-ful

chil-dren

snow-drifts

THE STO-RY TELL-ER.

Pe-ter Pin-dar was a great story
: tell-er. This is known to all chil-dren
who have read his books. One day as
he was go-ing by the school, the chil-

OF THE ECLECTIC SERIES. 53 t

j dren came a-round him, and they all
wish-ed him to tell them a new sto-ry.

" Well," says Pe-ter, " I love to please
good chil-dren; and as you all ap-pear
kind and civ-il, I will tell you a sto-ry j;
! which you have nev-er heard. But he-
fore we he-gin, let us go and sit down in
a cool, sha-dy place.

And now, mas-ter John, you must be
as still as a lit-tle mouse. And Ma-ry,
you must he care-ful not to let Tow-ser
bark and make a noise.

A long way from this place, in a land
where it is ver-y cold, and where much
snow falls, and where the hills are so
high that their tops ap-pear to reach to
the sky, there live some men, whose joy
it is to help folks who cross these hills.

These men keep large dogs, which
they teach to go out and hunt for per-
sons who may be lost in the snow-drifts.

The dogs have so fine a scent or smell,
that they can find folks by means of it,
\ e-ven when it is too dark to see, or when j
the folks they go out to hunt for, lie hid
in the deep snow-drifts.

MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER

LESSON

XXIX.

fell

coat hair

stiff

good

lain

rode mean

shrill

star

hour drew

child

could

seen

walk quite

snow

heard

blew

weak arms

might

lengtr

PE-TER PEtf-DAR S ST0-RY.

One sad cold night, when the snow ;
fell fast, and the wind blew loud and
shrill, and it was quite dark, with not a ji
star to be seen in the sky, these good j
men sent out a dog to hunt for those
who might want help.

iOF THE ECLECTIC SERIES. 55

In an hour or two the dog: was heard at j
I the gate ; and, on look-ing out, they saw
j the dog there, with a boy on his back.

The poor child was stiff with cold, and

I could but just hold on to the dog's back.

He told the men that he had lain a

Ions: time in the snow, and was too ill

\ and weak to walk, and the snow fell fast

on him. At length, he felt some-thing j
j pull him by the coat, and then he heard j
\ the bark of a dog close to him. j

j The boy then put out his hand, and
j he felt the hair of the dog ; and then the
dog gave him one more pull. This gave
the poor boy some hope, and he took
hold of the dog, and drew him-self out
of the snow; but he felt that he could
not stand or walk.

He then got up-on the dog's back, and |
put his arms round the dog's neck, and
thus 'he held on. He felt sure the door
did not mean to hurt him ; and thus he
rode on the dog's back, all the way to
the good men's house, wrho took care of
the boy till the snow was gone, when
they sent him to his own home.

MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER

tea
how
1 does

!neat
seem

;

keep

dead

stick

want

looks

LESSON

rest

once

dear

hard

work

X X X.

trots

since

guess

should

thought

mon-ey
fear-ed
in-deed
earn-ed
e-nough

THE SON 3 RE-TUEN.

How glad that old wo-man looks !
Can you guess what it is that has made
her so glad and s mi-ling !

Sfie trots a-lonsr, and does not seem

kJ.0 want her stick to help her. I am
sure she has heard some-thing to please

OF THE ECLECTIC SERIES. 57 J

■ ___ - j

| her ver-y much in-deed. What can it be ?
Her dear son John, who has been in
Spain for so long a time, has come home \
at last.

Poor wo-man ! she fear-ed she should <
nev-er see him more ; for it was so long
since she had heard from him, that she i
thought he must be dead. Think how
hap-py she must be to see him once \
more ! It was but last night that he
came back.

She had been hard at work all day,
and just made her room neat aft-er tea, (
and had sat down to spin, when he came
in-to her room, and told her that he had
J come home to live with her, and to take
care of her.

He said she nev-er more should want
for a-ny thing, for he had earn-ed mon-
ey e-nough to keep her all the rest of
her life.

Well, may she be hap-py, and thank
God for giv-ing her so good and kind a
son, and for bring-ing him safe home :
to her once more.

What pleased the old woman so much 1 What did her son tell
her 1 Whom should we thank for all our blessings 7 I

\ 58 MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER

dirt
seed
spill
peep

LESSON XXXI.

near tries beak

tear shelf wash

bird harm clean

mice claws tease

hemp
know
wires
pecks

THE CAT AND BIRD.

Do not let the cat go near the hird;
she will tear him with her claws, and eat
him up.

She may go and catch the mice, for
| they do us harm and eat our food ; but
5 she must not get our poor hird, for the
| bird sings to us, and lets us know when
J it is time to rise.

OF THE ECLECTIC SERIES. 59 I

The bird sings as soon as it is day, at j
I the first peep of light. This bird has no J
i seed in his box. Give him some hemp-
| seed ; it is in the bag, on the high shelf.
I Do not spill it on the floor.

May 1 put this bit of sweet cake in
j the wires of his cage ? He is like me ;
he is fond of sweet cake. See how he
pecks at it !

Now he goes to drink at the glass,
and to wash the dirt off his beak. See !
you may learn e-ven from a poor lit-tle
bird, that it is right to be neat and clean.

LESSON XXXII.

BE CARE-FUL IN PLAY.

In your play be ver-y care-ful
Not to give each oth-er pain ;

And if oth-ers hurt, or tease you, .
Nev-er do the like to them.

God will love the child that's gen-tle,
And who tries to do no wrong ;

You must learn then to be care-ful,
Now while you are ver-y young.

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60 MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER

LESSON

XXXIII.

say

nest

come

in-to

car-ry

old

gone

them

hap-py

go-ing

kill

hand

what

win-ter

sea-son

nor

birds

warm

wan-der

care-ful

dare

their

could

wick-ed

par-ents

THE NEST OF YOUNG BIRDS.

Win-ter is now gone, and the warm

sea-son is come. See ! what has that boy

in his hand? It is a nest of young birds.

I won-der what he is go-ing to do with

I them. I hope he will not kill them :

poor lit-tle birds ! what a wick-ed boy,

j to take them from their par-ents !

I dare say he will be care-ful of them,

|l and put them into a cage and feed

them; but he can not take as good care

! of them, nor feed them so well as the

old bird can.

Now he has put the nest on the
ground, and has gone to his work and
left them ; the old birds can now come
and feed them. Oh ! I am so hap-py ! I
wish they could car-ry them back ; but
they can not.

OF THE ECLECTIC SERIES.

LE-SiSON XXXIV.

wags
what

beat
know

ver-y
fel-low

pret-ti-ly
when-ev-er

THE LIT-TLE DOG.

I like to see a lit-tle dog,

And pat him on the head;
So pret-ti-ly he wags his tail,

When-ev-er he is fed.

Some lit-tle dogs are ver-y good,

And ver-y use-ful too ;
And do you know that they will mind

What they are bid to do ?

Then I will nev-er beat my dog,
And never give him pain;

Poor fel-low ! I will give him food,
And he will love me then.

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MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER

LESSON

XXXV.

hurt

neck

flies

laugh

act-ed

both

catch

threw

heard

vex-ed

week

three

wrong

wings

pull-ed

head

years

string

young

kit-tens

round

friend

George

con-duct

THE CRU-EL BOY.

George Craft is a ver-y cru-el boy.
He is but six years old, and yet he is
ver-y wick-ed.

George's moth-er had a cat, which she
kept in the house to catch rats and mice.

The old cat had three lit-tle kit-tens,
which she lov-ed ver-y much.

OF THE ECLECTIC SERIES. 63

One day when the old cat had gone ij
for food, George took one of the kit-tens ij
and tied a string round its neck. He '

| then took the kit-ten to the riv-er, and
tied a stone to the string, and threw it
in-to the wa-ter.

George will al-so catch flies, and pull
off their wings and legs, and then laugh
to see their pain. The dog and cat are
both a-fraid of George, and will run and
hide when they see him. One day, last

f week, a young friend of his came to see

j him, and was ver-y much vex-ed at his

\ con-duct.

| He ask-ed George, how he would like

ij to have his legs and arms pull-ed off. i
George hung his head. "Why," said he, ij
" flies can not feel much." His friend :
told him, that he had heard men say,
that ev-er-y thing that could move, could
feel ; and that it was wrong in a-ny one ||
to hurt or kill them.

| George felt ver-y sor-ry when he heard
his young friend tell him how bad-ly ij

! he had act-ed, and I hope he will not do jj
so a-ny more.

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MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER

kid

was

yard

Tom

dead

laid

side

play

flock

LESSON XXXVI

field great

drink times

drank straw

leave hearth

goats whose

al-most

moth-er

learn-ed

warm-ed

car-ri-ed

MA-RY AND HER KID.

A lit-tle girl who liv-ed in a place
where there are a great ma-ny goats, took
a walk one day, and found a lit-tle kid.

The old goat, the moth-er of the lit-tle
kid, had left it, and it was al-most dead.

Ma-ry felt sor-ry for the poor lit-tle
thing; so she took it up in her arms,

OF THE ECLECTIC SERIES. 65 jj

j and car-ri-ed it home with her. Her

moth-er gave her leave to keep the kid
l for her own. Ma-ry got some clean jj
j straw, and laid it on the wrarm hearth ;
1 for a bed for the kid. She warm-ed \
j some milk and held it to him to drink.
The kid drank it, and then lay down j

and took a fine nap. The next day jj
| Ma-ry nam-ed her kid Tom. Tom soon ;|
j learn-ed to fol-low Ma-ry a~bout the jj

house, and trot hy her side in-to the jj
| yard. He would run ra-ces with her in

the field : feed out of her hand, and was ;i
i a great pet at all times.

One line warm day, aft-er Ma-ry had
* done her morn-ing's work, she went out
\ to play with her kid; she look-ed a-bout j
| the house door, and could not see Tom ; jj

she then ran to the field, and call-ed,

"Tom! Tom!"

But Tom had found a flock of goats,
j and was play-ing with them ; he lov-ed to

stay with them bet-ter than with Ma-ry.

Ma-ry went home cry-ing, and it wTas a :

long time be-fore she for-got lit-tle Tom.

What did Mary do with the kid ? What became of it ?

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last

five

skin

pain

ways

LESSON

trick
taste

XXXVII.

cause
years
would

plate

glass

found

break

throat

quite

haste

tricks

mouth

though

un-til
liq-uid
with- out
al-though
some-thin'

knew wrong where thought what-ev-er

JANE BROWN.

Jane Brown was five years old. Jane
had a bad trick, which she at last got rid
of, but not un-til it had been the cause
of great pain to her. j

She would taste of ev-er-y thing she

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thought might be good to eat. She was
told "not to do so; but still she would,

| al-though she knew it was wrong.

If she saw a cup or a glass with some-
thing to drink in it, she would take a sip
of it: if she found a plate, she would bite
or break a part of what-ev-er was on it :
and though she did not find them all
nice, yet she still went on in her bad
ways.

She one day came in-to a room where
she saw a glass with some-thing in it,
which she took to be wine. She took a
sip in great haste, for fear some one
would see her.

As soon as she had drank it she cried
out in great pain, for the liq-uid in the
glass was not fit to drink, and it took all

j the skin off her lips, and her mouth, and

| her throat.

She could not eat or drink with-out
great pain, for more than a week. She

j grew thin, and pale, and weak, and was
quite ill. All this led her to think how
wrong she had done, and that it all came I
from her own bad tricks. $

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j ho

j £»g

j tail

j haw

i back

LESSON

large

know

takes

horse

hitch

goes

size

turn

care

calls

right

curls

Dash

black
laugh

XXXV1I1.

on-ly

shafts

where

drives
streets
wheels
taught

oth-er

bush-y

Al-bert

wag-on

wish-ed

har-ness

wan-ted

AL-BERT AXD HIS DOG.

Do you know Al-bert Ross? He has
a larsje dos;, and he calls him Dash, i
Dash is ver-y black, and has a long j
bush-y tail, which he curls up ov-er his j
back.

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Dash is fond of Al-bert, and goes with
I him in the streets, and keeps off all
\ oth-er dogs, and drives a-way the hogs, j
and takes good care that Al-bert is not \
| hurt. j

But you will laugh when I tell you \
\ that Al-bert calls Dash his " Horse," <
| for he does not look at all like a horse ; j
| but Al-bert has taught him to act like
j one. He has a lit-tle wTag-on with four
i wheels, and shafts like the shafts of a
| gig; and a lit-tle set of har-ness, just the
\ size to fit Dash.

\ Ma-ny a time I have seen Al-bert j

hitch Dash to the lit-tle wag-on, and j

then s;et in ; and Dash would trot off \

\ with him, and go just where Al-bert

1 wish-ed.

\ Al-bert would say, " Jee, Dash!" and
Dash would go to the right. Then
Al-bert would say, " Haw, Dash ! " and
the dog; would turn to the left. When
he want-ed Dash to stop, he had on-ly to
j say, "Ho!" and then Al-bert could get j

out of the wag-on. Is not Dash a
| fine dog?

MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READEfi

LESSON

all

off

air

out

dew

blue
lane
once
aunt
soon

flies

song

Ruth

point

warm

XXXIX

shines

smoke

blades

a-ble

bon-net

spark-le
flow- era
moth-er
won-der
stand-ing

THE MOEX-ING WALK.

Come, John, let us take a walk this

fine morn-ing, while the air is still cooL

Jane may go with us, if she wish-es.

Get your hat, and tell Jane to put on her

j bon-net, and we will be off at once.

J The sun is out so warm ; and (he wind

j is so soft ; and the sky is so blue ; and

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I — j

j there is so sweet a smell from the \
| flow-ers; and the song of the birds is so
j gay, that I long to be out of doors and
| be gay too. \

i The flies and the bees are all on the j
j wing ; and the lark flies high in the air, <
I and sings as he goes up. Do you see j

I him ? I can hear his sons:, but he is so

] - I

high that I can not see him.

! How the dew-drops spark-le on the

| blades of grass, as the sun shines on I
them ! Do not go off the grav-el walk, \

j or you will get your feet wet.

As soon as we sret to the end of the \
lane, you will be a-ble to see aunt Ruth's
house. I won-der if aunt Ruth is up

| yet. We will go and see. Do not run \

so fast, or you will fall. \

Now if you will look the way I point, \

you can see aunt Ruth's house. Do you j

think she is up, my son ? j

Yes, moth-er, for I see the blue smoke

j curl-ino: o-ver the house.

j Ah ! there is aunt ; she is stand-ing in

| the door. How glad she will be to see us !

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LESSON XL.

fox

$ nose

4
I

ears
farm

live
hide
have
catch

holes
geese
woods
shape

bod-y
sharp-er
chick-ens
them-selvea

THE FOX.

The fox is like a dog in the shape of
his bod-y ; but his nose is sharp-er than
the nose of a dog ; and his ears stand up
like the ears of a cat. Fox-es live in the
woods, and have holes, in which they
hide them-selves.

A fox wrill eat chick-ens and geese
from a farm yard, if he can catch them.

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LESSON XLI.

■

eye like light world a- sleep

are star show sound won-der

sky dark when which win -do w

dew peep spark nev-er twin-kle

THE LIT-TLE STAR.

Twin-kle, twin-kle, lit-tle star,
How I won-der what you are;

Up a-bove the world so high,
Like a dia-mond in the sky.

When the bla-zing sun is set,
And the grass with dew is wret,

Then you show your lit-tle light :
Twin-kle, twin-kle, all the night !

Then if I were in the dark,

I would thank you for your spark :

I could not see which way to go,
If you did not twin-kle so.

And when I am sound a-sleep,

Oft you through my win-dow peep,

For you nev-er shut your eye,
Till the sun is in the sky.

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MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER

LESSON XLII.

cry .

five

pluck

ea-sy

apt

girls

touch

tir-ed

t033

right

think

sor-ry

tore

years

point

col-ors

sore

nurse

fields

ev-er-y

was

threw

thorn

want-ed

most

hedge

please

learn-ed

harm

Ralph

scream

bright-ly

know

wrong

brought

snatch-ed

STO-RY A- BOUT RALPH WICK.

Ralph Wick was five years old ; and
in most things he was a fine boy. But
he was too apt to cry when he could not
have his own way.

This was wrong. All good boys and
girls know, that they should take what
their kind friends see fit to give them,
| and be glad to get it.

But Ralph did not think of this. All
he thought of, was, to get what he
want-ed to have. If he was told that
it was not right for him to have it, or
that it would do him harm, he would

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say, "I will have it." And then, if he
did not get it, he was sure to cry.

One day he went with his nurse in-to
| the fields. The sun shone bright-ly; the j
| grass was cut ; the plants in bloom were
{ of all co-lors ; and Ralph thought he was,
j for once, a good boy. A smile was on
his face, and he felt a wish to do as he
| was told.

So he said, "Nurse, I will be good
now, and do as you bid me ; now please
help me to toss this hay."

"That I will," said the nurse; and
they threw the hay as Ralph wish-ed, till
he said he was tir-ed, and must sit down
and rest.

" You have been so good a boy," said
the nurse, "that if you will sit here, I
j will go to the hedge, and get a nice red
rose for you."

"I should like ver-y much to have
one," said Ralph, "and if you will get it
for me, I will not move till you come
j! back."

The nurse soon brought the rose, and
gave it to him. "Thank you, my kind

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! nurse," said he , "I like this sweet red

! rose. But I see you have a white one,

l| too 5 pray give that to me."

The nurse said, "no, my dear; I on-ly
brought this white rose, to show you
how ma-ny thorns it has on its stem.
You must take care not to touch one of
this kind. If you should try to pluck a
white rose like this, you wTould be sure
to hurt your hand."
Now what do you think Ralph did?

I I will tell you. He found it ver-y ea-sy

jj to be good when he had ev-er-y thing he
want-ed. But as soon as the nurse told

I him he must not have the white rose, he
be-gan to scream, and snatch-ed it.

But he was soon ver-y sor-ry for what

| he had done. The thorns on the stem
of the rose tore the skin of his hand, and
it was sore for a long time.

Aft-er this, when he want-ed what it \.

\ was not best for him to have, his nurse
would point to his sore hand ; and Ralph
at last learn-ed to do as he was told, and
be-came a much bet-ter and hap-pi-er boy.

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LESSON XLIII.

will some quite ver-y

deal looks large pa-pa

high sight world lar-ger

walk moon clouds pret-ty

gone small bright bon-net

THE WALK.

Come, Ma-ry, get your bon-net, and
we will take a walk.
See, the sun is in the west. It is]
| go-ing to set. How large it looks. We

may look at it now. It is not so bright j

I now, as when it was up high in the sky. :

j It will soon be out of sight. Now it is j

quite gone.

How red the clouds are. We can see j
|j the moon and all the pret-ty stars, when \
the sun sets. The moon is not so bright j
as the sun.

See the pret-ty bright stars. Some of
the stars are as large as the world. But
they are so far off, that they look small.
Pa-pa, is the sun as large as the world ?
| Yes, my child, and a great deal larg-er? jl
\ but it is ver-y far off, and thus seems small, ji

MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER

LESSON XLIV.

laid

lamb

where

fol-low

rule

what

fleece

ev-er-y

that

harm

school

wait-ed

love

made

ea-ger

ap-pear

sure

snow

Ma-ry

a-gainst

bind

white

gen-tle

an-i-mal

near

laugh

a-fraid

ling-er-ed

went

makes

teach- er

pa-tient-ly

■ry's lamb.

Ma-ry had a lit-tle lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow,

And ev-er-y where that Ma-ry went,
The lamb was sure to go.

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He went with her to school one day;

That was a-gainst the rule ;
It made the chil-dren laugh and play,

To see a lamb at school.

So the teach-er turn-ed him out,
But still he ling-er-ed near,

And wait-ed pa-tient-ly a-bout,
Till Ma-ry did ap-pear.

And then he ran to her, and laid

His head up-on her arm,
As if he said ; I'm not a-fraid,

You'll keep me from all harm.

"What makes the lamb love Ma-ry so?"
The ea-ger chil-dren cry ; ^

" O Ma-ry loves the lamb, you know,"
The teach-er did re-ply.

"And you, each gen-tle an-i-mal

To you, for life, may bind,
And make it fol-low at your call,

If you are al-ways kind."

MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER

LESSON XLV.

left

colt

field

o-bey

ride

rate

cross

un-til

stop

door

fence

gen-tle

told

neck

crept

be-fore

hurt

tame

great

kiss-ed

stay

much

street

kick-ed

soon

down

would

par-ents

once

knew

threw

be-cause

Holt

thought

Pe-ter

car- ri age

PE-TER

HOLT.

Pe-ter Holt was left at home one
day by his par-ents, when they went out
to take a ride.

His moth-er told him to stay in the
house un-til she came back. "Be ver-y
sure that you do not go out a-mong the
hors-es," said she, "they may hurt you."

Pe-ter said he would do as he was bid.
So his moth-er kiss-ed him and start-ed.
He was soon ver-y tir-ed of stay-ing in
the house ; so he went to the door, and
soon aft-er ran down in-to the lot, to look
at a "iit-tle colt, which his fa-ther had
giv-en him.

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I It was ver-y tame, so he put his hand
on its neck, and then on its head. At
last he thought it was so tame and gen-tle j
that he would ride it. He led it to the
I fence and jump-ed on its back.

The colt had nev-er be-fore felt a-ny
jj thing on his hack, and was ver-y much ji
jj a-larm-ed. It put down its head and ran ||
|l off at a great rate, and, at last, kick-ed up jj
|| its hind feet, and threw Pe-ter over its
head.

Pe-ter was ver-y much hurt, but he
| crept home as well as he could. If he
jl had been so bad-ly hurt as not to be a-ble
i| to get home, he might have died in the
field he-fore his moth-er came home.
Lit-tle chil-dren may learn from this,
| that they should al-ways o-bey their
par-ents. How ma-ny lit-tle girls and
| boys have been hurt, be-cause they did |
not do as they were bid !

I once knew of a lit-tle girl who was
told not to cross the street be-fore a
car-riage. But she would not stop ; and
when the car-riage came up, it ran \
di-rect-ly o-ver her.

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bo-som

nurs-ed

gar-den

earn-ed

mead-ow

to-geth-er j

THE GOOD OLD MAN.

There once liv-ed an old man in a
j snug lit-tle cot-tage. It had but one j
| room, and one win-dow; and a small |
j gar-den with a neal white fence, lay just
j be-hind the cot-tage.

Old as the poor man was, he u-sed to I

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work in the fields; and he would come
home at night ver-y tir-ed and weak,
with his tools on his shoul-der, and his
hard earn-ed loaf of bread, tied up in a
bag.

And who do you think u-sed to meet j
him at the door? His two lit-tle grand- j
chil-dren, Ma-ry and Jane. They were
too young to wrork, ex-cept to weed in
the gar-den, or bring wa-ter from the
spring, or pick up small stones in the j

i mead-ow.

In win-ter, when it was cold, they had
no lamp, and as they were too poor to jj
buy much wood or coal, they had ver-y
lit-tle fire. So they u-sed to sit ver-y
close to-geth-er, to keep warm: Ma-ry
on one of the old man's knees, and Jane
on the oth-er.

Some-times this good old man would j
tell them a droll sto-ry; and some-times
he would teach them a hymn, or talk to

j! them a-bout their fa-ther, who had gone

j j to sea, or a-bout their good, kind moth-er,

ji who was in her grave.

And then they would rest on the old j

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man's bo-som, while he pray-ed God to |
bless them, and bring back their fa-ther
safe. Aft-er this, they would lie down j|
on their straw bed, and sleep sweet-ly.

Ev-er-y year the old man grew weak- 1
er, and less a-ble to work. But then the
; lit-tle girls were grow-ing strong-er ev- ij
er-y day, and were a-ble to give him more |j
help. How glad they were to work for jj
{ Ami, who had been so good to them! So
they got on pret-ty well ; for four young \
hands could do more than two old ones. !|
One cold wind-y night, as they were jj
get-ting read-y to go to bed, they heard
a knock at the door. The lit-tle girls
ran and o-pen-ed it. Oh joy! There
stood the fa-ther of lit-tle Ma-ry and
Jane. He had been to sea for a long
time ; but had, at last, sa-ved some mon-
| ey, and had come home to live with them.
I Aft-er this, the old man did not Work
; a-ny more. His son work-ed for him,
\ and his grand-chil-dren nurs-ed him, and
jj they all lov-ed him. And ma-ny hap-py
jj days and nights did they spend to-geth-er
|j be-fore the old man died.

i OF THE ECLECTIC SERIES. 85

LESSON XLVII.

fail close trust food health

else learn sleep gift3 friends

good those drink shame clothes

ways harm thank young strength

E-VEN-ING PRAY-ER.

At the close of the day, be-fore you j
go to sleep, you should not fail to pray
to God to keep you from sin and from
harm.

You ask your friends for food, and
drink, and books, and clothes ; and when
they give you these things, you thank
them, and love them for the good they j
do you.

So you should ask your God for those
things which he can give you, and which i
no one else can give you.

You should ask him for life, and j
health, and strength; and you should jj
pray to him to keep your feet from the
way of sin and shame.

You should thank him for all his good
gifts; and learn, while young, to put
your trust in him.

MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER

LESSON

XLVIII.

odd

built

think

aft-er

just

plate

hatch

pick

years

crums

choose

bold

while

where

though

these

wheel

chance

brush-ed

THE ROB-IN.

rob-in

load-ed

wag-on

dis-tant

per-haps

See that pret-ty rob-in ! You may

take your plate, and put all the crums

of bread that are left on the ta-ble on it

J and put it on the out-side of the win-

I dow ; you will see how he will pick

j them up, for he is ver-y hun-gry.

Now while he eats, I will tell you

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: what your fa-ther and I once saw of
bold, or tame rob-ins.

Some years a-go, one of the men that
work on the farm, came to tell your
fa-ther that a rob-in had built her nest — |
where do you think? It was on the
wag-on ! Was it not an odd place for

; her to choose?

Fa-ther and I went out to see it ; and

: there, on the out-side of that, part of the

I wag-on, which is call-ed the bed, just
o-ver the hind wheel, was a lit-tle rob-in's
nest, and it had four eggs in it.

The man told us that the poor bird sat
on her eggs in this odd place, and had ij
not left it, though the wag-on had been

j sent to a dis-tant place for wood.

The wag-on had just come back,
load-ed with wood, when we saw it, but
the bird was not there then. She had j
gone off — per-haps in search of food.

Poor thing! her nest was not left for j
her to hatch her eggs; for soon aft-er we
saw it, it was, by some chance, brush-ed \
off, and then the bird flew a- way.

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! 1

LESSON XLIX.

days digs firm ask-ed

stick brick roots cel-lar

make build stand fel-low

Main blown plants show-ed

week square ground watch-ed

LEARN SOME-THING EV-ER-Y DAY.

As Hen-ry Da-vis was go-ing down
Main street last week, he saw some men
dig-ging a square hole in the ground.
He did not know what it could be for;
so he ask-ed one of the men.

"Why, my lit-tle fel-low," said the j
man, "we are go-ing to build a house."

" Build a house down in a hole in the
ground?" cri-ed Hen-ry. "I think that
i is ver-y strange. It will be so dark, that
I am sure I should not like to live in it" j

"Come a-gain some oth-er day," said
the man, "and you will see."

A few days aft-er that, Hen-ry went
back, and found that the men had built
a stone wall all a-round the hole, and
were now ma-king a brick wall a-bove
the stone wall.

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" Oh ! oh ! " says Hen-ry, " I see, aft-er

all, you are go-ing to build your house

like oth-er hous-es, and I think I know

| why you be-gin so low down."

" Well, tell us, if you know," said the
man.

"When fa-ther plants a tree," Hen-ry

|i said, "he digs a hole, and puts the roots

deep in the ground, that the tree may

stand firm, and not be blown down by

the wind."

" So the stone walls are the roots of
the house; and now I see that if you
had not dug that hole, you would not
have had a-ny cel-lar. I was ver-y sil-ly,
or I should have thought of that at first." j

Hen-ry hav-ing found out that he did
not know ev-er-y thing a-bout build-ing
a house, stood a good while, and watch-ed
the ma-son lay-ing bricks. When he
went home that day, he had a great
ma-ny things to tell his sis-ters.

He show-ed them the way the bricks
were pla-ced, to make a wall; and told
them a-bout the mor-tar which the ma-
sons u-sed to make the bricks stick fast.

i 90 MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER

LESSON L.

fire fine lives use-fnl

lane last right sis-ters

hear they night can-die

than poor dress play-ed

were book there eew-ing

more blind bu-sy chap-ter

hums doubt cous-in bright-er

know wheel sweet-er pleas-ant

THE FIRE-SIDE.

One win-ter's nidit, James was read-
ing to his moth-er, and sis-ters, as they
sat by a fine fire. The lit-tle girls were
sew-ing, and their moth-er was bu-sy at
her wheel.

At last James fin-ish-ed the chap-ter, i
and Em-ma, look-ing up, said, " Moth-er,
I think your wheel hums ver-y sweet-ly
to-night."

"And it seems to me," said Ma-ry,
"as if the fire was bright-er than u-su-al.
How I love to hear it crack-le !"

" And I was just go-ing to say," cri-ed

James, "that this is a bet-ter can-die

than we had last night."
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"My dears," said their moth-er, "1
have no doubt that you feel more than
u-su-al-ly hap-py to-night; and per-haps
that is the rea-son why you think the
hum of the wheel sweet-er, the fire j
|i bet-ter, and the can-die-light bright-er j
than they were last night."

"But, moth-er," said Ma-ry, "I don't
see why we are hap-pi-er now, than we
were last night. For last night cous-in jj
Jane was here, and we play-ed "Puss in
the cor-ner" and "Blind man" un-til we
were all tir-ed."

"/know! / know ! " shout-ed James.
"It is be-cause we have been do-in^
some-thing use-ful to-night. Ma-ry, you ji
and Em-ma have been ma-king a dress
for the poor wo-man who lives at the
end of the lane; and I have been read-ing :
j a good book. We all feel hap-py, jj
be-cause we have been bu-sy."

"You are right, my son," their moth-er jj
said; "and 1 am glad you have all
learn-ed that there is some-thing more
pleas-ant than play, and, at the same time,
much more in-struct-ing."

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LESSON

LI.

! Bail

ship

beach

la-bor

vil-lage

1 each

their

might

bro-ken

joy-ous

: gold

shore

grand

sigh-ed

strain-ed

j view

crew

hearts

pro-tect

sum-mer

! calm

;
I

sight

church

nee-dles

splen-dor

THE HAP-PY RE-TURN.

Ma-ry and Mar-tha were two sis-ters,
who dwelt in a vil-lage near the sea.
They were both good girls, and each
lov-ed the oth-er so much, that it would
have al-most bro-ken their hearts to have
j been part-ed. Their par-ents wrere both
dead, and their broth-er John was far
a-way at sea.

They work-ed hard with their nee-dles,

and pray-ed God to pro-tect them, and to

| bless their la-bor. They nev-er miss-ed

go-ing to church, nor ev-er fail-ed to pray

for their broth-er 's safe re- turn.

One fine sum-mer morn-ing, they
went, as they oft-en did, to the beach, to
view the sun rise up-on the wa-ter. This
is al-ways a grand sight, but this morn-
ing they thought the sun seem-ed to

( OF THE ECLECTIC SERIES. 93

shine with more splen-dor than it had

. done for the past week.

| The sea was calm and still ; but though j

\ they strain-ed their eyes to see if a-ny
ship might be pass-ing by, not a sail was j
to be seen ; and both sigh-ed, as they jj
thought of their broth-er John, and
turn-ed to go home.

They had walk-ed a lit-tle way in j
si-lence, when Mar-tha said, "Dear
Ma-ry, I was just think-ing how kind j

| God has al-ways been to us: and was
wish-ing that it might please Him to send
John home to us this ver-y day. What
a day of joy would it then be ! "

And such a joy-ous day it was to them
both ; for no soon-er had they left the
beach, than the good ship Ro-ver came
in sight of the ver-y spot where they had
stood. Her crew had all been paid, and
John step-ped on shore with a light
heart: his dis-charge was in its tin case,
and his pock-et was full of gold. It
was, in-deed, a hap-py day for the two
af-fec-tion-ate sis-ters.

Will you relate the story of Mary and Martha 1

MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER T

LESSON LII.

rich shall hands place blank-et

hide seals sweet found kitch-en
what thief might watch chim-ney j

j down could sweep thought cham-ber '■

_ — j

THE LIT-TLE CHIM-NEY SWEEP.

Some time a-go, there was a lit-tle j
chim-ney sweep, who had to sweep a
chim-ney in the house of a ver-y rich j
lady. The lit-tle sweep went up at the \
kitch-en fire place, and came down in j
I the cham-ber.

When he got in-to the cham-ber, he j
found him-self all a-lone. He stop-ped
j a mo-ment to look round up-on the rich
ij things he saw there. As he look-ed on
j; the lop of the ta-ble, he saw a fine gold
| watch, with gold seals to it.

He had nev-er seen a-ny thing so
i beau-ti-ful be-fore, and he took it up in
ij his hands. As he list-en-ed to hear it
j: tick, it be-gan to play sweet mu-sic. He
then thought, that if it was on-ly his j
own. how rich he would be; and then he j
thought he might hide it in his blank-et.

OF THE ECLECTIC SERIES. 95

"Now," said he, "if I take it, I shall
be a thief — and yet no bod-y sees me.
No bod-y ? Does not God see me ?
Could I ev-er a-gain be good? Could 1
then ev-er say my pray-ers a-gain to
God? And what should I do when I
come to die?"

LESSON LIII.

jail says leave for-got small-est

fear steal would o\vn-ed trem-bled

grew knees school al-ways yester-day

crept years thieves steal-ing com-mand-ment

MORS A-BOUT THE CHIM-NEY SWEEP.

While the lit-tle sweep was think-ing
a-bout tak-ing the la-dy's watch, he felt
cold all o-ver, and trem-bled with fear.

"No," said he, "I can not take this
watch. I would rath-er be a sweep and
al-ways be poor, than steal." And down
he laid the watch, and crept up the
chim-ney.

Now the la-dy who own-ed the watch
was just in the next room, and she could j
look through, and see and hear all that

96 MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER

■ — — — ;

pass-ed. She did not say a-ny thing to
the boy then, but let him go a-way.

The next day she sent for him, and j
when he came, she said to him, "Well,
my lit-tle friend, why did you not take ;
my watch yes-ter-day ? " The lit-tle
sweep then fell up-on his knees and told
the la-dy all a-bout it.

Now, as the lit-tle sweep did not steal
the gold watch, nor tell a-ny sto-ries
a-bout it, the la-dy let him stay and live
in her house. For ma-ny years she sent
him to school, and when he grew up, he
be-came a good man, and nev-er for-got
the com-mand-ment which says, "Thou
shalt not steal."

Had he ta-ken the la-dy's watch, he
would have sto-len. Then he would
have been sent to jail.

Let no lit-tle boy or girl ev-er take
. things with-out leave, for it is steal-ing ;
and they who steal are thieves.

You can not steal the small-est pin,
with-out its be-ing a sin, nor with-out
be-ing seen by that eye which nev-er I
sleeps.

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soft-ly
col-ors

good-by

liv-ing

but-ter-fly
but-ter-flies

BUT-TER-FLIES.

But-ter-flies are pret-ty things !

Pret-ti-er than you or I ,
See the col-ors on their wings !

Who would hurt a but-ter-fly ?

Soft-ly ! soft-ly ! girls and boys ;

He'll come near us by and by;
Here he is ! do n't make a noise !

We '11 not hurt you, but-ter-fly.

Not to hurt a liv-ing thing,
Let all young chil-dren try ;

See, a-gain he 's on the wing ;
Good-by ! pret-ty but-ter-fly !

iMCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER

LESSON LV.

sick

saw

road

hour

house

aunt

been

wide

hung

knew

gone

walk

home

while

might

speak

school

thought

un-cle

ly-ing

ei-ther

dear-ly

com-ing

in-stead

teach-er

SPEAK THE TRUTH.

One day An-na thought she would
take a walk, in-stead of go-ing to school.
But she saw that her moth-er was
watch-ing her from the win-dow.

So she went a-long the road, and
turn-ed round the cor-ner that led to the
school-house, that her moth-er might
think she was go-ing there. Was not
this ly-ing ?

An-na took a long walk, and came
home a-bout the time when the schol-ars
came back from school. Her moth-er
thought she had been at school ; and her
teach-er thought she must be sick. So,
you see, she de-ceiv-ed them both.

One day while An-na was out, her
un-cle, and aunt, and lit-tle cous-in, came
to see her moth-er. They liv-er' a great

OF THE ECLECTIC SERIES. 99

way off, and did not come ver-y oft-en.
They said they were go-ing a-way o-ver
the wide o-cean to Eng-land, and did not
ex-pect ev-er to come hack.

As they were to leave in an hour or
two, they wish-ed to see An-na. Her
moth-er sent to school for her to come
home. Her teach-er sent back word
that she was not there, and had not been
for two or three days! So her un-cle,
and aunt, and cous-in, had to go a-way
with-out bid-ding her good-by.

When An-na came home, her moth-er
said, "Where have you been, An-na?"
The lit-tle girl hung down her head, and
did not say a-ny thing ; for she saw from
her moth-er's look, that she knew all
a-bout it.

The wick-ed lit-tle girl was then told
that her un-cle, and aunt, and cous-in,
had gone a-way with-out see-ing her, and j
that they were nev-er com-ing back.

An-na cri-ed ver-y much, for she
| lov-ed them dear-ly, and said she would j
| nev-er a-gain ei-ther act or speak an- Is
i oth-er lie.

100 MCGUFFKY'S FIRST READER t

LESSON LVI. I

air toys eight aft-er be-tween \

buy soon dodge sil-ver skip-ping >

soft sport bright mer-ry tbrow-ing j

whip broke gloves gath-ers cov-er-ed

THE ERO-KEN WIN-DOW.

George El-let had a fine New

Year's gift. What do }'ou think it was? j

A bright sil-ver dol-lar! A mer-ry boy j

was George, when he thought of all the j

|j fine things he might buy with it. And j

as soon as the sun be-2;an to make the air
1 feel a lit-tle warm, he put on his cap and ;
i gloves, and ran in-to the street.

The ground was cov-er-ed with snow, \

; but the sun shone out, and ev-er-y thing j

: look-ed bright. As George went skip- j

ping a-long, he met some boys who were \

j throw-ing snow-balls. This is fine sport, j

|| and George pull-ed off his gloves, and

|| was soon as bu-sy as the rest. See, how j

he gath-ers up the snow, and press-es it \

be-tween his hands. \

Now he has hit James Ma-son. But $

OF THE ECLECTIC SERIES 101 !

the ball was soft, and James is not hurt.

Now he has made an-oth-er ball, and if

James does not dodge, George will hit

him a-gain. A- way goes the ball ! But

it miss-ed James, and broke a win-dow

j on the oth-er side of the street. George

J was a-fraid that some one would come

| out of the house and whip him; so he

| ran off, as fast as he could.

j As soon as he got round the next

\ cor-ner, he stop-ped, be-cause he was ver-y

\ sor-ry for what he had done. Just then

| he saw a man car-ry-ing a box with glass

,' doors, full of pret-ty toys; and as George

l was on-ly eight years old, he for-got the

{ bro-ken win-dow, and ran aft-er the man.

LESSON

LVII.

gift

rang

ought

dol-lar

in-tend

door

glass

wrong

mon-ey

e-nough

once

right

thought

hon-est

morn-ing

mean

threw

scold-ed

beat-en

mis-chief

MORE A-BOUT THE BRO-KEN WIN-DOW.

As George was a-bout to buy a lit-tle
| house with doors and chim-neys, and :

e — „ —

102 MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER

put his hand in his pock-et for the mon-
ey, he thought of the bro-ken win-dow. j
Then he said to him-self, " I have no j
right to spend this dol-lar for a toy-house, j
I ought to go back, and pay for the glass
I broke with my snow-bail."

So he gave back the house to the
toy-man, and turn-ed round. But he
was a-fraid of be-ing scold-ed or beat-en,
and did not know what to do. He went
| up and down the street, and felt ver-y
bad-ly. Ht wish-ed to buy some-thing \
nice with his mon-ey ; and he al-so wish- j
ed to pay for the glass he had bro-ken.

At last he said to him-self, " It was
wTons: to break the win-dow, al-thou2;h I
did not mean to do it I will go and pay ;
: the man for it at once. If it takes all
i my mon-ey, I will try not to be sor-ry; j
j and I do not think the man will hurt
me, if I of-fer to pay for the mis-chief I
have done." He then start-ed off, and
felt much hap-pi-er for hav-ing made up
his mind to do what was rio;ht

He rang the door bell ; and when the
man came out, George said, "Sir, 1 threw >

I a snow-ball through your v> in-dow. But
i I did not in-tend to do it, and am ver-y
\ sor-ry, and I wish to pay you. Here is
; the dol-lar my fa-ther gave me as a New
[ Year's gift, this morn-ing."
j The man took the dol-lar, and ask-ed

George if he had a-ny more mon-ey. j
I George said he had not. "Well," said

the man, "this will be e-nough." So!
j aft-er ask-ing George where he liv-ed,
! and wrhat was his name, he call-ed him j

an hon-est lad, and shut the door.

LESSON

LVIII.

I felt

store years

din-ner

part-ner

rich

knew would

play-ed

fore-noon

j paid

spend bought

be-came

me r- chant

j eyes

thinks months

want-ed

hon-est-ly

MORE A- BOUT THE BRO-KEN WIN-DOW. $

When George had paid the man, he |
ran a-way, and felt ver-y hap-py, be- j
cause he had done what he knew to be j
right. He play-ed ver-y mer-ri-ly all the j

: fore-noon, al-though he had no mon-ey !

| to spend ; and went home at din-ner j

104 MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER

time, with a face as ro-sy, and eyes as
bright, as if noth-ing had gone wrong.

At din-ner, Mr. El-let ask-ed George
what he had bought with his mori-ey.
George ver-y hon-est-ly told him all i
a-bout the bro-ken win-dow. and said he <
felt ver-y well, with-out a-ny mon-ey to \
\ spend. When din-ner was o-ver, Mr. El- j
\ let told George to go and look in his hat. j
\ He did so, and found two sil-ver j
! dol-lars. The man, whose win-dow had 1
i been bro-ken, had been there, and told ;
| George's fa-ther a-bout it. He al-so
! gave back the dol-lar which George had
\ paid him, and an-oth-er one with it.

A few months aft-er that, the man
\ came and told Mr. El-let that he want-ed
\ a good boy to stay in his store, and would
\ like to have George, as soon as he left \
j school, for he was sure that George was j
an hon-est boy. George went to live \
with this man, who was a rich mer-chant. j
| In a few years he be-came the mer-chant's j
j part-ner, and is now rich. George oft-en
thinks of the bro-ken win-dow.

Will you relate the whole story of George and the man whose
window he broke 1

OF THE ECLECTIC SERIES.

105 1

W \

LESSON LIX.

cuts
coat
wool
sheep

seems
brown
comes
spring

serve
fields
grows
clothes

la-zy
dew-y
eat-ing
dai-sies

farm-er
wool-ly
nip-ping
pleas-ant

THE SHEEP.

La-zy sheep, pray tell me why,
In the pleas-ant fields you lie,
Eat-ing grass and dai-sies white,
From the morn-ing till the night?
Ev-er-y thing, can some-thing do,
But of what kind of use are you ?

I 106 MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER }

Nay, my lit-tle mas-ter, nay,
Do not serve me so, I pray ;
Do n't you see the wool that grows
On my back, to make you clothes?
Cold, oh, ver-y cold you'd be,
If I did not give it thee.

Sure it seems a pleas-ant thing,
Nip-ping dai-sies in the spring ;
But how ma-ny days I pass
On the cold and dew-y grass;
Or I get my din-ner where
All the ground is brown and bare.

Then the farm-er comes at last,
j

When the mer-ry spring is past,

Cuts my wool-ly coat a- way,

For your clothes in win-try day.

Lit-tle mas-ter, this is why

In the pleas-ant fields I lie.

Of what use are sheep to us ? Who made them and gave
them to us ?

O—

OF THE ECLECTIC SERIES.

107 «

well

j play
puss
mice

what
which

spell

trees

know

catch

climb

words

LESSON LX.

tricks on-ly

grown

guilt-y

read-er

ad-vice

lit-tle

bet-ter

fast-er

rea-son

les-sons

get-ting

be-canse

wis-dom

there-fore

learn-ed can-not re-mem-ber I

TO LIT-TLE READ-ERS.

What a fine thing it is to read ! A
lit-tle while, a-go, you know, you could
on-ly read lit-tle words, and you had to
spell them — c-a-t, cat ; d-o-g, dog.

And you have been a long time
get-ting through the "First Read-er."
But now you can read quite well.

Do you know why you are bet-ter
than Puss ! Puss can play as well as
you, and can run as fast as you, and
fast-er too ; and she can climb trees
bet-ter; and she can catch mice, which
you can not do.

But can she talk? No. Can she
read ? No. Then that is a rea-son why
you are bet-ter than Puss; be-cause you
can talk and read.

108 MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER.

GOOD-BY.

Now, my lit- tie read-er, we have
come to the end of the book, and I must
bid you good-by. But be-fore we part, j
let me give you a lit- tie ad-vice.

You are now a lit-tle child ; you are i
but a few years old, and have not much
wis-dom. There-fore, al-ways list-en to
your teach-cr and to your par-ents.
| They are old-er than you, and they
know bet-ter what is for your good.
My lit-tle friend,vyou must love your
J par-ents. You should be kind to your
j teach-ers, and gen-tle to your broth-ers, i
and sis-ters, and play-fel-lows. Use no
hard words; be guilty of no ill-na-tur-ed
| tricks, and tell no ill-na-tur-ed tales.
Al-ways do to oth-er chil-dren as you
wish them to do to you. This is the
"Gold-en Rule;" re-mem-ber it in your
| plays. Act up-on it now, and when
| you are grown up, do not for-get it.
If you have been a good child, and
have learn-ed your les-sons well, you I
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